Originally Posted by Rev. Rex

The thing is that there really isn't any paradox involved in singularities, and there is now math that fully explains them (though it doesn't fully explain why or how). It DID, when it was first proposed, but then extrapolations of the math were made, and new math was also described, that took care of the seeming inconsistencies. Many of the inconsistencies, though, were taken care of by the theory of relativity. For instance, for a person approaching the event horizon of a singularity, they will appear to go faster and faster until they cross the horizon. To someone watching from outside the gravitational pull of the horizon, that person would appear to slow down more and more until they appear to come to a complete stop at the horizon. The key, by relativity, is that both viewpoints are correct, because it all depends on the position of the viewer relative to the event. There is no contradiction, because the two people are in different relative places and situations. We can even see this in action in everyday life. We see an ambulance coming toward us with the siren wailing. To us, the pitch lowers as it passes us. But to a person in the ambulance, the pitch never changes. (Doppler effect) The difference is because the two people have different points of view. So it may appear that there is a paradox, but there really isn't...it is just a case of two very different viewpoints, in different circumstances.

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